Bath in U S One Highway Guide Highlighting Shipyards
The Bath description from U. S. One From Maine to Florida notes Bath Maine's two centuries of shipbuilding, its notable yards including Bath Ironworks, landmarks like Davenport Memorial Building and Museum, the 1805 Paul Revere bell, and historic homes including Emma Eames and Emilio de Gogorza residences. The piece links Bath to royal mast history and Maine revolutionary sentiment.
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Bath
U. S
Maine
Florida
Federal Writers’ Project
WPA
Modern Age Books, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
England
Canton
Bath Ironworks
Union
Water Streets
Carlton Bridge
Thomas Hyde
Georgia
Davenport Memorial
Front Street
Paul Revere
Kennebec
Somerset
Boston
North Street
Emma Eames
Emilio de Gogorza
Herbert L. Spinney
Court Street
Spinney
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Street
Harvard Street
Peterson
Royal Navy
High Street
Whiskeay Rd
William King
Surprise Party for Charles Wilson in Bath on 88th Birthday
Charles Wilson of 1 High Street was surprised with a party at granddaughter Mrs Alvah Morse’s home 25 Deering Street Bath after his 88th birthday. Guests from Bath Saugus Mass and Portland attended with gifts and games while refreshments were served. Also noted were Maine bar admission exams with state board members present in Bangor.
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Charles Wilson
High Street
Alvah Morse
Morse
Deering Street
Earle Alexander
Mary McAllister
Keith Atwood
Harold Brown
John Hart
Charles Merry
Randall Merry
Winnie Merry
Charles H. Morse
Walter Morse
August Schwerdtfeger
Bath
Paul Merry
Ralph M. Merry and Son
Ralph, Jr
Saugus
Mass
Olga Nelson
Portland
Bar of
Maine
Bangory
State Board
Council Chamber
City Hall
Oscar H. Dunbar
Machias
Bernard Archibald
Houston
Edward W. Atwood
Hiram Willard
Sanford
Edwin F. Merrill
Skowhegan
Boston
William R. Bowie
Society Hall
Popham
Bowie
Herbert Huntley
Allen
Lester Oliver
E. W. Osgood
Frank Scott
Laura Harding
Stanley Perkins
Marguerite McNulty
Fred Osgood
Herbert Sprague
Norman Perkins
Moses Chandler
Raymond Larrabee
Arlene Perkins
Richard Sprague
Henry Leonard
Harry Bowker
Annie Bowker
Concord
N. H
Emma Bickford
Woolwich
Howard Bowker
John Tracey
Kittery
Carlton Brown
Harry Gilmore
Gilmore
Leslie Dyer
Gilmore Home
Marie Simpson
Frank Leavitt
Tyleston C. Oliver
Winnepanee
George Ingalls
Eugene Ingalls
North Bath
Frank P. Leavitt
Eric J. Carlson
Katharine Johnson
Pine Street
Bodwell Grange
Martin Eaton
Belle Lowell
Eugene Lowell
Margaret Wyman
James Thompson
Warren A. Thompson
Joseph Brazier
Joseph, Jr
Edward
Sebasco Estates
St. Petersburg
Fla
Nathan Cushman
Kenneth Cushman
New York
Normandie
South America
Grace Parks
Edgewood
R. I
Helen Jones Daley
John E. Blaisdell
North Abington
Lincoln Parks
Somerville
Howard McDonald
Augusta
Blaisdell Farm
Eugene Thomas Morse
Frederick
James L. Morse
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Gardiner Rogers
Guy Crosby
East Brunswick
Marie Wiseman
New York City
Arthur Footer
Perry's Cove
Birthday Party Surprises William R Bowie in Phippsburg
Long list of neighbors and friends gathered in Society hall at Popham to honor William R Bowie for his birthday with cake ice cream coffee and doughnuts. The event featured songs dancing gifts and well wishing in a close community gathering.
Boy Scout Exhibit Celebrates 28th Anniversary in Bath
Bath hosts a Boy Scout exhibit by Troop 52’s Covered Wagon Patrol honoring the 28th anniversary of scouting. The event runs Saturday seven to eleven pm at the Legion hall courtesy of Roland Smith Post A L. The display covers scout craft nature botany forestry minerals and Washington souvenirs with merit badge demos and the Crown of Scouting award. A small admission is charged. Judge Arthur J. Dunton undergoes major surgery at Carney hospital in Boston.
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Boy Scouts of America
Bath
Roland Smith Post, A. L
Legion Hall
John Parker
Horace P. Herrick
Morse High School
Walter L. Whitney
Edwin R. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Washington
Popham Cottages Face Grave Danger From Eroding Shore
Cottages on the river bank at Popham Beach stand on posts as high tides wash away a bulkhead and sand. Ownership includes Mrs. Charles F Hathaway of Cambridge and Dr. William E Hill of Naugatuck. The lakefront lawn of Mrs. Frank A Small of Bath has caved in. Extra high tides and a southeast storm threaten greater devastation.
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Popham Beach
Moses Chandler
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
William E. Hi
Naugatuck
Conn
Frank A. Small
Bath
Dromore Farm Bureau Sets February Meeting
At a special in between meeting in Dromore grange hall Miss Leila J Oliver led the subject Consider the Slip. The Welfare club disbanded and its funds about 50 dollars go to the Farm Bureau for welfare work directed by Miss Lynette Caverly. A committee led by Miss Caverly and Mrs Eva Rogers handles plans. Next meeting is Feb 17 in Dromore grange hall.
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Dromore Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Leila J. Oliver
Grace Baker
Clara Oliver
Welfare Club
Phippsburg
Lynette Caverly
Miss Caverly
Eva Rogers
Anna Derwent
Eveline Beals
Margaret B. Lufkin
Bath
Bureau
Esther McCourt
Jennie Harrington
Eastman to Speak at Maine Farm Bureau Program
E R Eastman editor of the American Agriculturist will be the principal speaker at the Maine Farm Bureau Federation program during Farm and Home Week at the University of Maine on March 29. He serves on New Yorks agricultural advisory commission and holds positions with the Federal Bank of Springfield and Cornell University.
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E. R. Eastman
American Agriculturist
Ithaca
N. Y
Maine Farm Bureau Federation
University of Maine
Eastman
Governor's Agricultural Advisory Commission
New York
Federal Bank Bank
Springfield
Mass
Cornell University
Dairymen’s League News
That Producers’ Cooperative
Free Will Workers Meet On Wednesday
Officers of the Free Will Workers hosted a regular meeting at Mrs. Robert C. Mitchell’s Weeks Street home. The group voted to move meeting time to 2 30 PM and to buy a kitchen stove, with a committee appointed to arrange the purchase. Members were asked to bring a percale apron to the first March meeting on March 2.
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Free Will
Robert C. Mitchell
Weeks Street
Harold 5. Walker
John H. Hunt
Warren H. McIntire
Bernice Achorn
Chester A. Plant
Hunt
Wise Owl Girl Scouts Meet at the Y
Wise Owl troop of Girl Scouts met Wednesday at four. Attendance and dues were taken, the secretary's report read, and each girl participated in a program. A Scouts' Own is set for Sunday afternoon Feb. 20 at three with songs to be sung. A first aid course begins in four weeks.
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Wise Owl
Popham Beach Residents and Visitors in Local Weekend Note
A long column lists residents and visitors to Popham Beach area including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barlow and son at the lighthouse reservation, Bath trips by several locals, hospital X rays after a fall, and community events. A storm washed sand from river beaches, damaging lawn and cottages, while crews build a new breakwater. A Valentine party for village children and local social visits are noted.
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Robert Barlow
Robert
East Boothbay
Elkannah Wyman
Sprenceville
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Ethel] Osgood
Bath
Osgood
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nina Larrabee
Forrest Legard
Paul
Chester McCabe
Gilbert Head
Long Island
Fred Osgood
Clarence Schofield
Seguin Island
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Joseph Oliver
Erma Huntley
Roscoe Allen
Moses Chandler
Hennessey
Hathaway
Webber
Hill
George E. Hoyt
Richmond
Herbert Sprague
Blanchard Crowley
North Yarmouth
Adams Cooke wedding announced for Saturday evening
Mr and Mrs Harry E Cooke of Willow Street announce the marriage of their daughter Hazel P to Norman Adams. The ceremony was held at the Winter Street parsonage with Rev Joseph O Purdue officiating. Mrs Adams is Morse High School class of 34 graduate and Edna Mae Shoppe employee. Norman Adams is a Bath Iron Works shipfitter.
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Harry E. Cooke
Willow Street
Hazel P
Norman Adams
Winter Street Parsonage
Joseph O. Purdue
Adams
A. A. Stott
Cooke
Morse High School
Edna Mae
Carl Adams
Oliver Street
Brunswick High
Bath Iron Works
Morse High Seniors Dance Set for March 18
Morse High School announces a senior class dance on March 18 in the auditorium. Music by Ernie George and Hi Royal Arcadian with Miss Alice Hogan as featured blues singer. Casual dress and lavish decorations planned. posters forthcoming and tickets to go on sale. Committee: Doris Henderson, chair. Margaret Brimigoin, Maynard MacFadden. Clifton S Nickerson, ex-officio.
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Morse High School
Ernie George
Hi. Royal Arcadian
Alice Hogan
Doris Hendrson
Margaret Brimigoin
Maynard MacFadden
Clifton S Nickerson
WINNEGANCE Squaw Club Holds Weekly Meeting
The Squaw club met for an 11th weekly gathering Thursday evening with hostess Mrs. Harry B Williams and attendees enjoyed a stormy night. Village school closes for a four week pupil vacation.
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Squaw Club
Harry B Williams
Increased Potato Holdings Reported For 1937 38 Season
Crop Reporting Board notes merchantable potatoes on hand January 1 1938 totaled 108 936 000 bushels up 26 percent from 1937 86 238 000. Surplus late states hold 101 509 000 bushels while 12 other late states hold 5 613 000 and seven intermediate states 1 814 000. Yields averaged 123 1 bushels per acre the highest since 1924.
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Agricultural
Fireside Club hears Miss Sawyer on state industrial school
Miss Enid Sawyer of Augusta describes at the Winter Street Fireside Club how the State Industrial School in Hallowell operates. Inmates learn work, grow crops, cook meals, and live under supervised routines that promote rugged health. A crowd of 37 youths asked questions after the talk. Next Sunday George Windsor of Bates College will speak on What the Negro Is Thinking. The meeting leader was Miss Mary Ellen Cyr.
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Winter Street
Enid Sawyer
Augusta
Central Grammar School
Hallowell
Miss Sawyer
Sawyer
Mary Ellen Cyr
George Windsor
Bates College
Windsor
Bates
Bates Christian Association
Earl Kimbl
Clancy Undergoes Leg Operation After Accident
A report from Granite Street notes Clancy, injured in an Lewis LA automobile crash, underwent four leg operations on Thursday. Surgeons saved his right leg and aim to save the left. he suffers facial injuries but is improving as stitches are removed. Mrs Clancy stayed at St Marks General over the weekend. Edward C. Albert Lee, 17, of North Monmouth, fractured his right wrist cranking a Model T, treated by Dr Chenery and hospitalized in Lewiston before returning home. he is Fred W. Lee’s son.
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Granite Street
Lewis
Eugens A Youlsand
Bath
Clancy
Edward C.s
Albert Lee
North Monmouth
Monmouth
F. J. Chenery
C. M. G. Hospital
Lewiston
M. E. Goldman
Lee
Fred W. Lee
Local visits and social rounds around Bay Point area
Herman Spinney and Maurice Burns were in Lewis ton for business while Dana Craney visited the Bide-a-wee. Augusta guests Virginia Payson and Mable Pinkham stayed with the Paysons. A birthday party for Maurice Burns was hosted by Easy Aces pair Mr. and Mrs. Perley Chandler. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. Burns and daughters Katherine and Lot, and other locals visited Gilbert Head for a short stay. A truck accident near Georgetown involved Charles Burgess of Bath. no injuries. Preparations begin for a new post office on Spinney land north of Aunt Lou’s Gift Shop. Joseph Payson of Richmond visiting his father Earle Payson.
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Herman A. Spinney
Maurice Burns
Lewiston
Dana Craney
Virginia Payson
Mable Pinkham
Augusta
Eale Payson
Charles Coomms
Ned Lawer
Bith
Earle Payson
Sherman Campbell
Wright
Phippsburg
Perley Chandler
Herman
Katherine
Lot Burns
Clarence Butters
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie
Gilbert Head
New York
Edgar Drake
Edna M_ Coolidge
Carl Hentz
Willows
Long Is
Edgar Warren
Birchwood
Satuday
Charles Burgess
Bath
Ieaviny Point
Islands
Georgetown
Lester Powes
Mr. Burgess
Burgess
Edna M. Coolidge
The
Birdhood
Louisa Howard
Rotarians hear illustrated talk on Ethyl gas progress
Bruce Crane of Portland spoke on Ethyl gas at the Rotary club luncheon in Hotel Sedgwick. Motion pictures traced transport advances from logs and firewood to coal and steam, oil engines, gasoline motors in 1900, electric starters in 1912, and the recent Ethyl development eliminating motor knock. Rev. Wolstenholme presided. guests included R L Arrendale Portland, Roy M Rideout Lewiston, and Carl Anderson city.
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Bruce Crane
Portland
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
George B. Wolstenholme
Fred D. Hill
Thomas R. Huston
R. L
Contractors halt work until spring on Bath Brunswick highway
Hendrickson Bros Inc Valley Stream N Y contractors paused work on the Bath Brunswick highway Saturday night for the winter. No settling signs observed south of the brick yard after dynamite blasting last week aimed to reach hard pan. The Maine Highway Commission will decide if the short winter stretch may reopen this season. Work resumes in spring to level the section near Cook's Corner and continue until a full settlement. A bihulithic top is planned for the final mile east of the Bowdoin pines in Brunswick.
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Hendrickson Bros. Inc
Valley Stream
N. Y
Bath-Brunswick
Maine Highway Commission
Cook's Corner
Bowdoin Pines
Brunswick
Goldfinch and Robins Spotted by Residents
A goldfinch with sparrows was seen by Miss Esther L. Brawn on 492 Middle Street Monday morning. Three robins were observed by Mrs. Oscar S Adams and Mrs. William M Adams from their Western Avenue home. Miss Eleanor Voorhees returned to Nassau College Springvale after a weekend with her parents.
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Esther Brawn
Western Avenue
Esther L. Brawn
Middle Street
Brown
Oscar S Adams
William M. Adams
Eleanor Voorhees
Nassau College
Springvale
W. S. Voorhees
Bedford Street
Palestine Goes Modern In Days Of Tourists
A travelogue sketches Palestine’s transformation as Zionist settlers blend old desert life with modern planning. Tel Aviv rises as a modern Jewish city with over 100000 people, new architecture, ports, clubs, and amenities while Haifa and Jerusalem show striking contrasts with ancient streets and new hotels. Nazareth also modernizes yet preserves its traditional pace.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Mount Hermon
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Egypt
Suez
Allenby
Sinai Desert
Israel
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Haifa
Europe
America
Broadway
Tel Avivi
Riviera
Allah Jerusalem
Davids
Desert
Togus Red Cross Sponsor First Aid Course
The Togus branch of the American Red Cross sponsors a First Aid course taught by Floyd L. Benner of Augusta. Twenty three men are enrolled learning immediate and practical scene assistance. Initiated by Malcolm L. Stoddard, the Togus branch manager. Captain Walter G. Reardon and William G. Russell organized and run the classes.
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Togus Branch
American Red Cross
Floyd L. Benner
Augusta
Malcolm L. Stoddard
Togus
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Morse High
Robert Heskett, Jr
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